Senior Clark Smith, a 6-foot-9 senior from Denver, raced to a victory in Saturday's 1,650 freestyle final at the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis. Smith, the son of former Texas NCAA championship swimmers John and Tori Smith, now holds American records in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle events. He finishes his UT career with two additional NCAA titles in the 500 freestyle and a national championship in the 800 freestyle relay a year ago. less

Senior Clark Smith, a 6-foot-9 senior from Denver, raced to a victory in Saturday's 1,650 freestyle final at the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis. Smith, the son of former Texas NCAA ... more

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Texas swimming coach Eddie Reese helped lead the Longhorns to their 13th national swimming and diving NCAA national championship Saturday in Indianapolis.

Texas swimming coach Eddie Reese helped lead the Longhorns to their 13th national swimming and diving NCAA national championship Saturday in Indianapolis.

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Surging Longhorns claim third straight NCAA swimming and diving title

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Texas continued its domination at the NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships as the Longhorns claimed their third straight national championship.

It also enabled UT to claim its NCAA-leading 13th national title.

The Longhorns and Coach Eddie Reese tied their own meet record by claiming 11 event triumphs as they left Indianapolis with seven new NCAA records.

With 11 victories in the 21 meet events, the Longhorns wrapped up the national championship with 542 points, winning by 193 points over second place California at 349. Florida was third with 294.5 points, North Carolina State was fourth with 272.5 points and Stanford was fifth with 242 points.

The Longhorns shattered seven NCAA records and three American records in their four-day romp through the championships. It pushed them into a tie with Michigan and into No. 1 all-time with their 13 NCAA men's swimming and diving titles.

Senior Clark Smith ignited a fast final night with a victory in the 1,650 freestyle final.

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Smith held off Michigan's Felix Auboeck, South Carolina's Akaram Mahmoud and Northwestern's Jordan Wilimovsky over the final 200 yards. Behind his traditionally strong finish over the final 50 yards, Smith won the event in 14:22.41, good for NCAA, American, U.S. Open and NCAA Championship meet records.

Smith now holds American records in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650-yard freestyle events. He finishes his UT career with two additional NCAA titles in the 500 freestyle and a national championship in the 800 freestyle relay from a year ago.

Junior Jonathan Roberts broke Aaron Peirsol's 14-year-old school record in the 200 backstroke, but his teammate broke that record less than five minutes later.

Roberts initially snapped Peirsol's school mark of 1:39.16 with a 1:39.05 in the 200 backstroke preliminary round. But sophomore John Shebat eclipsed Roberts' brand-new record with a 1:38.67 in the very next heat. Shebat broke the record once more on his way to a runner-up finish in the 200 backstroke championship final (1:37.24) while Roberts placed eighth (1:41.35).

All-America junior Brett Ringgold posted a career-best fifth-place finish in the 100 freestyle final at 41.77. All-America sophomore Townley Haas won the event's consolation final in 41.96.

Senior Will Licon became the first Longhorn to win three individual events at a single NCAA Championship meet. With titles in the 200 IM and 100 breast already to his credit, Licon completed the feat with his third consecutive national title in the 200 breaststroke. He rewrote his own NCAA, American, U.S. Open and NCAA Championship meet records in 1:47.91.

Senior Jack Conger won his first NCAA individual title in the final individual swim of his college career. Conger gave Texas its third straight NCAA title in the 200 butterfly at 1:37.35 good for NCAA, NCAA Championship meet, American and U.S. Open records.

Texas ended the meet by setting NCAA, NCAA Championship meet and U.S. Open records in the 400 freestyle relay, as Ringgold, Conger, Haas and Joseph Schooling were victorious in 2:45.39. The relay broke the NCAA and U.S. Open records of 2:46.03 set by Auburn in 2009 and the NCAA Championship meet record of 2:46.56 set by Auburn at the 2009 NCAA Championships. Texas has held the American record in the relay since 2009.